Handbook on Women and Human Rights : A Guide for Social Activists 2 Partrs Set

Contents Part I Empowerment and Employment Attaining Integrated Development Preface 1 Status of women global and national perspectives 2 Offences against women 3 Changing role of women in contemporary period 4 Advancement of women 5 Rights of women in various religions 6 Women empowerment 7 Women and human rights 8 Human rights of women in India 9 International standards and laws in India 10 Beijing declaration and plan of action Part II Crime and Punishment Search for Justice 11 Gender injustice and discrimination 12 Violence against women 13 Dowry dowry deaths and divorce 14 Human rights and gender based violence 15 Rape and victims of rape 16 Women prisoners and their treatment in custody 17 Convention on discrimination against women Index This handbook covers a wide spectrum of issues related to women and human rights In contemporary society these issues have attained significance The modern age and its development paradigms consider gender justice as one of the prominent pillars on which any society can build on further This handbook will serve as a good guide for social activists working in the areas related to women For long the need for a reference book on the said issue was felt jacket 714 pp.…